ROSEMONT, Ill. – Six Penn State women's soccer student-athletes were honored by the Big Ten Conference on Thursday afternoon.
Earning All-B1G honors were Ally Schlegel (First Team), Penelope Hocking (Second Team) and Mieke Schiemann (Third Team) while Kaitlyn MacBean and Amelia White secured All-Freshman Team designation. Jill Jennings rounded out the honors as the program's Sportsmanship Award Honoree.
Read about each honoree below:
Ally Schlegel, Forward, R-Sr. – First Team All-B1G
Schlegel picks up her third career First Team All-Big Ten accolade. She also has a second team and All-freshman team designation to her name. The Parker, Colo. native has netted ten goals this season and finished in a three-way tie for most goals in the conference. She has also posted two assists to lead the Nittany Lions with 22 points. On Oct. 16 vs. Michigan, Schlegel scored a brace to reach 100 career points. Now with 106 points, the captain is tenth on the all-time career point leaderboard for PSU. Schlegel has started all 17 games for the Nittany Lions this season.
Penelope Hocking, Forward, Sr.+ – Second Team All-B1G
A fifth-year transfer from USC, Hocking earns her first All-Big Ten honor after collecting All-Pac 12 first team three times and All-Pac 12 second team in California. She has posted 16 points on five goals and six assists this season and is the active career leader in NCAA Division I in goals (59) and points (146). Hocking has played in all 17 games for the Nittany Lions and started in all but one. On Sept. 27, Hocking was named B1G Offensive Player of the Week, scoring an insurance goal in the 2-0 win over No. 4 Rutgers and a brace against Illinois.
Mieke Schiemann, Defender, So. –Third Team All-B1G
The Berlin, Germany native Schiemann collects her first All-B1G honor in her sophomore season. Schiemann has tallied three goals and one assist as a 17-game starter on the backline for the Nittany Lions. On Aug. 25, she posted her first career goal and career assist in the 2-0 win over No. 21 West Virginia. Her efforts saw her named B1G Defensive Player of the Week for the first time in her career. She earned the honor again on Sept. 27 after helping PSU shut out No. 4 Rutgers and Illinois. The defender has started all 17 matches for PSU.
Kaitlyn MacBean, Forward, R-So. – All-Freshman Team
In her first season of competition after battling injury and utilizing her redshirt, MacBean proved to be an impactful player off the bench. She saw action in 13 games, netting two goals and tallying one assist this season. She scored her first career goal and assist in the same match in the 5-0 versus Illinois on Sept. 25. She also scored in the 3-0 shut out of Michigan on Oct. 16.
Amelia White, Midfield, Fr. – All-Freshman Team
Hailing from Fort Wayne, Ind., White picks up an All-Freshman Team honor having played in all 17 games with nine starts for the Nittany Lions this season. White made a statement early, notching an assist in each of her first two collegiate matches. The effort earned her B1G Freshman of the Week, the program's first since Payton Linnehan was honored on Oct. 22, 2019. White also tallied two assists against Illinois, bringing her to four total on the season.
Jillian Jennings, Defender, Grad. – Sportsmanship Award
A team captain, Jennings was awarded the league's Sportsmanship Award. The players chosen are individuals who have distinguished themselves through sportsmanship and ethical behavior. In addition, the student-athletes must be in good academic standing and have demonstrated good citizenship outside of the sports-competition setting. Jennings has played in all but three games on the backline for Penn State this season. She scored her first goal as a Nittany Lion on Sept. 25 against Illinois. It was the second goal of her career after she scored her sophomore season at Boston College.
Following the conclusion of the regular season, Penn State will next travel to Wisconsin for the quarterfinal matchup of the Big Ten Tournament against the Badgers on Sunday, Oct. 30. Kickoff is set for 5 p.m. EST and will be broadcast on B1G+.
The tournament then moves to Lower.com Field in Columbus, Ohio, with the semifinals to be played Nov. 3 (4:30 p.m. ET) and the championship match scheduled for Nov. 6 (2 p.m. ET). Both contests from Columbus will be televised live on BTN and the FOX Sports app. The winner of the 2022 Big Ten Tournament will earn the conference's automatic berth into this year's NCAA Tournament.
The Penn State women's soccer season is presented by the Smeal College of Business.
